Category Archives: Scott Slant

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Broncos come a lot closer to the Cougs

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Broncos come a lot closer to the Cougs

Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…September 12, 1998, 25 years ago today: Boise State plays only its second home game ever against a Pac-10 school, as Washington State comes into Bronco Stadium a year after waxing BSU 58-0 in Pullman. The Broncos led late into the third quarter before WSU pulled away with…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The most painful of sports postponements

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The most painful of sports postponements

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…September 11, 2001: Nobody needs to tell you what happened this day. But it had an effect on sports for months to come. Immediately following the events of 9/11, virtually every scheduled sporting event was either postponed or cancelled entirely. The Ryder Cup was canceled altogether. Major League Baseball…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A Broncos yardage barrage like no other

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A Broncos yardage barrage like no other

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…September 8, 2018, five years ago today: Of all the great offensive days in Boise State football history, this is tops. The Broncos destroyed Connecticut 62-7 in their home opener, rolling up a school-record 818 yards of total offense, shattering the old mark by 76 yards. It was the…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Ian’s biggest night in a big season

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Ian’s biggest night in a big season

Presented by POOL SCOUTS. This Day In Sports…September 7, 2006: Indisputably the best performance ever by a Boise State running back, as sophomore Ian Johnson gains 240 yards and ties a school record with five touchdowns in a 42-14 rout of Oregon State at Bronco Stadium. Johnson was named Division I-A Offensive Player of the…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: Can the Broncos play to their strengths?

SCOTT SLANT: Can the Broncos play to their strengths?

Presented by POOL SCOUTS. Wednesday Weekly: September 6, 2023. You might say that Boise State didn’t put its best foot forward last Saturday at Washington, and Boise State offensive coordinator Bush Hamdan might agree with you. The Broncos were supposed to be a run-first team, but they were run-second in their 56-19 loss in Seattle,…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The beginning of Cosell’s unceremonious end

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: The beginning of Cosell’s unceremonious end

Presented by COMMERCIAL TIRE. This Day In Sports…September 5, 1983, 40 years ago today: On ABC’s Monday Night Football, Redskin’ wide receiver Alvin Garrett uses a herky-jerky maneuver to get a first down against the Cowboys. On the replay, Howard Cosell remarks, “That little monkey gets loose, doesn’t he?” The apparent comparison of Garrett, an African…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: It’s Scoop ‘N Score Night for the Broncos

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: It’s Scoop ‘N Score Night for the Broncos

Presented by ZAMZOWS. This Day In Sports…September 1, 2018, five years ago today: Boise State’s Tyler Horton ties an NCAA record with two fumble returns for touchdowns as the Broncos open the season with a 56-20 road rout of Troy. Horton’s first scoop-and-score covered 55 yards in the third quarter, and the second went a…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Broncos try to avoid decade-old déjà vu 

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: Broncos try to avoid decade-old déjà vu 

Presented by GREENWOOD’S SKI HAUS. This Day In Sports…August 31, 2013, 10 years ago today: Washington revels in the celebration of the grand re-opening of Husky Stadium and gets revenge against Boise State for a loss in the Las Vegas Bowl eight months earlier, routing the Broncos 38-6. The Huskies won the battle of new…MORE

SCOTT SLANT: It’ll be fun trying to stop this guy Saturday

SCOTT SLANT: It’ll be fun trying to stop this guy Saturday

Presented by FRANZ WITTE GARDEN CENTER. Wednesday Weekly: August 30, 2023. Oddsmakers have Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. No. 6 in the 2023 Heisman Trophy race. That means, for one thing, that Penix has to have a pretty strong body of work. I read somewhere recently that Penix “is primed for a major breakout in…MORE

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A Yankee year the polar opposite of this one

THIS DAY IN SPORTS: A Yankee year the polar opposite of this one

Presented by FRANZ WITTE GARDEN CENTER. This Day In Sports…August 29, 1998, 25 years ago today: The New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 11-6 for their 98th win in 134 tries, clinching a post-season spot the earliest in the team’s storied history. The Yankees would win 114 regular season games in 1998, the most in…MORE